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Autism Swimming
In this handout photo provided by Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County, swim instructors work with students during an autism-specific swim class at Small Fish Big Fish, Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Ben Rusnak /Children's Services Council of Palm Beach County via AP)

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For kids with autism, swim classes can be lifesaving

MAY 21, 2025

Opioid Companies Lawsuit
FILE - Signs are displayed at a tent during a health event on June 26, 2021, in Charleston, W.Va. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

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US overdose deaths fell 27% last year, the largest one-year decline ever seen

MAY 14, 2025

Be-Well-Online Medical Help
A health-related query on Google is displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

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What’s that rash? Put some thought into asking Google for medical help

APRIL 29, 2025

Food Dyes
Jobe Washington, right, and Dwight Brown use a large sifter to mix a shade of yellow coloring at Sensient Technologies Corp., a color additive manufacturing company, in St. Louis, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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How bugs and beet juice could play roles in the race to replace artificial dyes in food

APRIL 28, 2025

Be Well-Fear Of Flying
An airplane lifts off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport as the sun rises Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Worries about flying seem to be taking off. Here’s how to cope with in-flight anxiety

APRIL 25, 2025

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr speaks as Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz listens during a Make Indiana Healthy Again initiative event in Indianapolis, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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Arkansas and Indiana ask USDA to let them ban soda and candy from SNAP

APRIL 15, 2025

FILE - A measles sign is seen at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)
FILE - A measles sign is seen at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Feb. 25, 2025, in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, file)

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The US has three measles-related deaths and hundreds of cases. Here’s what to know

APRIL 8, 2025

FILE - Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks testifies during a hearing, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)
FILE - Former Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks testifies during a hearing, May 11, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP, File)

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Ex-official says he was forced out of FDA after trying to protect vaccine safety data from RFK Jr.

APRIL 7, 2025

People protest outside of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)
People protest outside of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 after layoffs were announced. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

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Mass layoffs are underway at the nation’s public health agencies

APRIL 2, 2025

This photo provided by researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley shows Ann, a participant in a study on speech neuroprostheses, in California in 2023. (Noah Berger/UCSF, UC Berkeley via AP)
This photo provided by researchers at UCSF and UC Berkeley shows Ann, a participant in a study on speech neuroprostheses, in California in 2023. (Noah Berger/UCSF, UC Berkeley via AP)

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A stroke survivor speaks again with the help of an experimental brain-computer implant

APRIL 1, 2025

In this image from video, Jahzé Wyse braids a client's hair at her salon in Atlanta on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Javier Arciga)
In this image from video, Jahzé Wyse braids a client's hair at her salon in Atlanta on Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Javier Arciga)

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Black women’s hair products are in the safety spotlight. Here’s what to know

MARCH 28, 2025

FILE - The National Institutes of Health's James Shannon building is seen on the agency's campus in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - The National Institutes of Health's James Shannon building is seen on the agency's campus in Bethesda, Md., Friday, Oct. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

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Blood test for ovarian cancer misses some Black and Native American patients, study finds

MARCH 24, 2025

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